November 5, 2013


Cedric Sturdevant
Mississippi Learning: Cedric Sturdevant 
            
Tom Corbett 
ARVs  
 
Filmmaker Chase Simmons
Now HIV-free
Pennsylvania Governor Talks Up Plan... 
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett may have kept an eye this week on his fellow Republican governor in Ohio, John Kasich|more 

HIV Clinicians in US Youth Survey...
Most clinicians caring for teens and young adults in a US survey agreed with national guidelines to start|more 
 

Watch Gay Black Men Talk About...

Atlanta filmmaker Chase Simmons recently produced the documentary "Dear Dad," which explores the lives of eight gay|more

Still No Detectable HIV RNA or DNA...  
HIV RNA in blood and proviral DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) remain undetectable through|more 

 



WHAT WE'RE READING

A cross-section of articles we've read this week about HIV/AIDS, STIs and a wide cross-sectiond of structural and systemic factors impacting HIV/AIDS in Black communities.

 

Prevention

 

Condoms Should be More Available to Teens, Doctors Say 

 

Although teenagers should be encouraged to abstain from sex, they should also have access to cheap condoms, pedestrians said Monday.

 

Rapid-results AIDs Tests Render Pre-Test Counseling Redundant 

 

AIDs testing and treatments have progressed to such an extent that researchers from Miami question whether the resources devoted to pre-test counseling would be better spent linking newly diagnosed people with the treatments they need.

 

Science

 

Baby's HIV 'Cure Not a Fluke,' US Researchers Say 

 

Washington (AFP) - A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke, US researchers said.

 

Curing HIV/AIDS Gets Tougher: Far More 'Hidden' Active Virus Than Thought 

 

Oct. 24, 2013 - Just when some scientists were becoming more hopeful about finding a strategy to outwit HIV's ability to resist, evade and otherwise survive efforts to rid it from the body, another hurdle has emerged to foil their plans, new research from Johns Hopkins shows.

 

No Increased Risk for Heart Attacks Among HIV-Positive Patients With High CD4 Cell Count 

 

Oct. 24, 2013 - Patients who are HIV-positive and have high CD4 cell counts -- or have a high number of white blood cells that fight infections -- aren't at an increased risk for heart attacks compared to patients who are HIV-negative, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Health Sites Woes Could Dissuade Vital Enrollee: the Young and Healthy 

 

WASHINGTON - Sean Jackson, like tens of thousands of other Americans, has had trouble signing up for medical coverage using the HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace, despite several attempts.

 

How the ACA Will Affect People with HIV and AIDS 

 

The Affordable Care Act will broaden health care coverage for many of the 1.1 million Americans infected with HIV, especially those who live in the 25 states and the District of Columbia that have opted to expand Medicaid. In those states, the larger Medicaid programs will cover about 60% of the mostly uninsured patients currently receiving help from federal-state HIV programs.

 

NAPWA Bankruptcy Case Reopened for Trademark Sale 

 

In a little-noticed development, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Maryland last month agreed to reopen the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case of the National Association of People With AIDS three months after the court closed the case and ruled more than $750,000 owed to creditors could not be paid.

 

Obama Admin. Knew Millions Could Not Keep Their Health Insurance 

 

President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.

 

Reid Pledges Vote on Bill to Protect Gay Transgender Employment Rights 

 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that the Senate will vote on a bill to expand gay rights in the workplace before the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

Sebelius Takes Responsibility for Website 'Debacle' 

 

WASHINGTON -- Defending President Barack Obama's much-maligned health care law in Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was confronted Wednesday with a government memo that raised security concerns about the website consumers are using to enroll.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
IN THIS ISSUE
Phill Wilson
Cedric Sturdevant's work as a project coordinator at My Brother's Keeper in Jackson, Miss., just kicked to a whole 'nother level. After graduating from the African American HIV University's|more 
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